Vietnam visa for United Arab Emirates

According to Vietnam Immigration law, Vietnam visa for United Arab Emirates is required when they enter Vietnam for tourist, business or study purpose.

• Vietnam tourist visa for United Arab Emirates
• Vietnam visa on arrival for Emirati passport holders
• How to get Vietnam visa from UAE?

1. Vietnam visa requirement for United Arab Emirates citizens

Before United Arab Emirates citizens apply for a Vietnam visa, please check whether you meet the visa requirements or not. Presently, to apply for Vietnam visa, the obliged requirement is that applicants must have ordinary passport that has at least 2 un-used pages and at least 6 months of validity left.

In case your passport is satisfied this requirement, United Arab Emirates citizens are eligible to obtain a Visa before visiting. There are 2 alternative modes to request Vietnam visa for citizens from this country. You can apply online to get visa on arrival or apply directly from embassy of Vietnam.

2. Procedure to get Vietnam visa online for United Arab Emirates citizens (recommended)

Presently, getting Vietnam visa online can be seen as the most convenient way to obtain visa to Vietnam. Especially, almost all United Arab Emirates travelers will enter Vietnam by airway, so applying online for Vietnam visa on arrival is highly recommended. By applying for this visa type, each applicant will receive Vietnam visa approval letter issued by the Immigration Department of Vietnam. This is an electronic document that allows passengers to enter Vietnam by airway and get official Vietnam visa stamped upon your arrival.

Procedure to apply for Vietnam visa approval letter is very simple with few steps as below:

Step 1 Complete Vietnam visa application online

Step 2 Pay Vietnam visa approval fee

Step 3: Send a passport’ main page scanned copy, the proof return ticket to Vietnam, and accommodation reservation of applicants to our support email support@evietnamvisa.com

Step 4 Receive the visa approval letter via your registered email after about 5 working days

Please kindly notice that United Arab Emirates is listed in the special list of Vietnam visa requirement. This is reason why besides Vietnam visa application online, Emirati applicants are required to submit other several supporting documents such as the copy of passport, air ticket and hotel booking. In addition, waiting time to get Vietnam visa approval letter for United Arab Emirates citizens is also longer than waiting time to issue Vietnam visa for citizens from other countries. Instead of 2 working days as normal, these citizens should wait for 5 working days to get Vietnam visa approval letter sent to you. However, this time can be shortened in case Emirati travelers can have an invitation from a company or organization in Vietnam. To get these done, applicants should forward the invitation letter to our email, and ask your partner to send us a hard copy of the letter. After 3 working days since submitting adequate requirement and payment, Vietnam visa approval letter for United Arab Emirates citizens will be granted and sent to applicant’s email.

The final step is to get Vietnam visa on arrival. You should prepare with you 2 passport-sized photos, your original passport and some USD in cash for stamping fee in advance. Upon your arrival at Vietnam airport, you present documents and pay stamping fee to Vietnam Immigration officers, and then staff in charge will stamp official visa onto your passport.

3. Procedure to get Vietnam visa at Embassy of Vietnam for United Arab Emirates citizens

For United Arab Emirates citizens wishing to enter Vietnam by land or sea way, Vietnam visa on arrival is not applied. In this case, getting Vietnam visa at Embassy of Vietnam is recommended. Travelers can visit any Embassy of Vietnam in the country you are living to request for visa. To get Vietnam visa by this applying way, applicants are required to prepare your original passport and guarantee letter from a company in Vietnam. In addition, you can be required other forms depended on Vietnam embassy in each country. For exact requirement, applicants are advised to contact to Vietnam Embassy which you plan to request visa.

4. Vietnam visa cost for United Arab Emirates citizens

The cost to get Vietnam visa for Emirati citizens is depended each on applying mode. For applicants applying for Vietnam visa on arrival, you are required to pay 2 kinds of fee: Vietnam visa approval fee to get Vietnam visa approval letter issued and Vietnam visa stamping fee to get official Vietnam visa stamped. Thus approval fee should be paid before visa approval letter issuing for agent helping you to arrange the letter. In addition, stamping fee should be paid in cash for Vietnam Immigration officer at Vietnam airport. For details about approval fee and stamping fee for each visa type, please refer to Vietnam visa fee for Emirati passport holder page.

For United Arab Emirates citizens applying visa at Embassy of Vietnam, in contrast, Vietnam visa cost is various from Embassy in different country. The total cost will be charged directly by staff in charge there. To get quotation fee, applicants should contact to Vietnam Embassy before applying.

Briefly, both getting Vietnam visa on arrival or getting visa at Vietnam Embassy are eligible for United Arab Emirates citizens. However, due to diplomatic relation between Vietnam and United Arab Emirates, some Vietnam Embassy can refuse visa request of these citizens. Thus to make sure, Emirati citizens are advised to enter Vietnam by airway and apply for Vietnam visa on arrival. By this way, you can get visa to Vietnam surely. In addition, getting Vietnam visa on arrival is also very convenient, time-saving and economical because all procedure can be completed online without any original document.

For any further information related to Vietnam visa for United Arab Emirates citizens, please feel free to contact our support team via email support@evietnamvisa.com or hotline (+84) 943 25 25 52.